Warm ups, exercises, therapies and techniques to get your fingers their best for playing the guitar.

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Steps

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Warm up your hands. Do not soak them in warm water, as the callouses on your hands will be weakened by it, and your fingers will sting. Try instead holding a cup of hot coffee, tea, or using a hand warmer, or just sitting on top of them for a few minutes, if you can't find anything else.

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Use warm up exercises on the fretboard. A good one for alternate picking is 1-2-3-4 ascending and 4321 descending, 5-7 ascending and 7-5 descending and moving those around. This will increase your dexterity over time and is particularly helpful with shredding.

3

After you have done these steps and your playing at a gig, use gloves to get you there to keep your hands warm.

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